Durango a go go at TORCH
We raced at TORCH yesterday, another new track layout, on newly smoothed astro.
The day started damp, so I was furiously gluing up Ballistics. By the time I’d done them the track had dried out.
So it was onto blue rear mini spikes, and stagger ribs up front. The TORCH locals favourite. The astro is bizarrely mega high grip, just like the old track was, even though the astro is new. Must be something to do with the base soil it’s on?
I was running the Durango, together with an ORCA speedo, and a LRP X12 7.5 motor, and Vampire 60C lipos.
I messed about with setup a bit, and got it working rather well. It was a little edgy perhaps, but it was quick, I ended up qualifying 3rd in the A. In the final I even managed to get up to 2nd (with Williams blaming AE springs being rubbish!?), until I binned it and then fell out with a few less than eager marshals (RUN DAMNIT).
Here’s a setup sheet from today DEX410 & 410R-Setup TORCH 200311, more for my future reference than anything else! I have a bunch of setup changes to try next time out, with a view to making the front end less responsive, with the aim of running a more usual 4wd front tyre! (Different front camper link positions, wheelbase changes, ackerman changes.)
The one thing the car did seem to do was snake it’s way along under acceleration. Torque steer? The smaller diameter front stagger ribs overdriving? Something else? It got a bit tied up in nots sometimes, and didn’t always pull itself out of the tank slapper! Advice?
Mark was running his 511, and he was quick too, arguably quicker than me, but his old Sphere was suffering, time for him to try the ORCA too. Matt was also running a 511, and managed to break it about 3 times. Good work.
Excellent day as always by the TORCH crew, great turnout and good racing. This summer is going to be ACE.
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